Listening Part 1
Questions 1-5
You will hear five short conversations.
You will hear each conversation twice.
There is one question for each conversation.
For questions 1-5, put a tick (✓) under the right answer.
1 Which day is the man’s appointment?
2 What is the woman going to eat?
3 Which train will the woman take?
4 How much did the man pay for the camera?
5 Which race did the girl win?
Answer & Audioscript
1 C 2 B 3 B 4 B 5 A
Audioscript
1 Which day is the man’s appointment?
Man: I’d like to make an appointment to see Dr Owen tomorrow morning, please.
Woman: That’s Thursday. He’s not free at all tomorrow. What about Friday afternoon? If not, it will have to be Monday morning.
Man: I can’t come any afternoon. I suppose I’ll have to have the morning appointment then.
Woman: OK, we’ll see you at nine. What’s your …
2 What is the woman going to eat?
Man: I’m going to have chicken and salad. What would you like?
Woman: Um, the soup looks good, but the weather’s a bit too warm for anything hot.
Man: Why don’t you have sandwiches?
Woman: They don’t look very nice. I think I’ll have the same as you.
3 Which train will the woman take?
Woman: When is the next train to Ashford?
Man: I’m afraid you’re just too late for the eleven thirty. The next one is twelve forty-five, but you’ll have to change trains. The two fifteen is quicker because it goes straight to Ashford.
Woman: I don’t mind changing trains – I’ll have a return ticket, please.
Man: There you are.
4 How much did the man pay for the camera?
Man: I’ve bought a new camera.
Woman: It looks expensive. Cameras like that cost about a hundred and fifty pounds, don’t they?
Man: This was a hundred and seventy-five pounds but the man in the shop took fifteen pounds off the price because it was in the shop window and there was no box for it.
Woman: A hundred and sixty pounds is still a lot of money. I hope it takes good pictures!
5 Which race did the girl win?
Girl: Were you at the sports competition on Saturday?
Boy: Yes. I saw you come first in your bicycle race. But your best sport is swimming, isn’t it?
Girl: Yes – but I was second in that. Next year I’m going to try running in the eight hundred metres too.
Boy: Wow! You are good at sports!
Listening Part 2
Questions 6-10
Listen to Rosie talking to a friend about places for a party.
What is the problem with each place?
For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each place.
You will hear the conversation twice.
Example:
0 University Hotel G
|
Places |
Problems |
|
6 Brown’s Café 7 Rivers Hotel 8 Bridge Restaurant 9 Garden House 10 Opera Café |
A closed B cold C dark D dirty E expensive F full G old H small |
Answer & Audioscript
6 A 7 D 8 F 9 E 10 H
Audioscript
Man: Have you found a room for your birthday party yet, Rosie?
Rosie: Yes, at the University Hotel. It’s old but the room’s nice and big.
Man: Did you look at any other places?
Rosie: Yes, five! And there was something wrong with all of them!
Man: Why didn’t you like Brown’s Café?
Rosie: I loved it but they’re putting in a new kitchen so they won’t be open for two months.
Man: Oh. And the Rivers Hotel? It was very cold when I went there last year.
Rosie: It’s quite warm now but it’s not very clean!
Man: Pity! What about the Bridge Restaurant? Or is it too dark there?
Rosie: No, but the problem is none of their rooms is free on my birthday.
Man: And it’s expensive.
Rosie: Not really, but the Garden House is.
Man: Oh yes, I know! I had a great dinner party at the Opera Café last week.
Rosie: It’s fine for a dinner but it’s not big enough for a party.
Man: So, the University Hotel it is then?
Rosie: Yes.
Listening Part 3
Questions 11-15
Listen to Joe asking about a French language course.
For questions 11-15, tick (✓) A, B or C.
You will hear the conversation twice.
Example:
0 Lessons for beginners are on
A Monday.
B Wednesday. ✓
C Friday.
11 The best class for Joe is
A French Conversation.
B Business French.
C French for Tourists.
12 Joe’s class begins at
A 6.30.
B 7.15.
C 8.30.
13 How many other students will there be in Joe’s class?
A 9
B 14
C 15
14 What could Joe take to his first class?
A a dictionary
B a coursebook
C a notebook
15 Joe will pay
A £25.
B £145.
C £170.
Answer & Audioscript
11 C 12 A 13 B 14 A 15 B
Audioscript
Joe: Hello. I’d like some information about French courses, please.
Woman: Certainly. Beginners classes are on Wednesdays, other classes are on Mondays or Fridays.
Joe: I’m a beginner and I’m going to France on holiday. I want to speak to people in shops and read information in museums and other places.
Woman: Do ‘French for Tourists’ then. It’ll be better than our Business class and you want more than French Conversation.
Joe: Great. I can only come in the evening.
Woman: Fine, it starts at half past six, there’s a break at quarter past seven and you go on until half past eight.
Joe: Is it a big class?
Woman: We never have fewer than nine students or more than fifteen and … let me see, there are fourteen at the moment, so with you, the class will be full.
Joe: OK. What about the coursebook?
Woman: You’ll get that in the first class and a special notebook. Bring a dictionary – that’s always useful.
Joe: Fine. Oh, how much is the course?
Woman: It’s a hundred and seventy pounds for people from outside the city, but it’s twenty-five pounds less, or a hundred and forty-five pounds, if you live here.
Joe: Oh, I do.
Woman: Good. So let me just take your name …
Listening Part 4
Questions 16-20
You will hear a girl asking for information about going to Kendal by bus.
Listen and complete questions 16-20.
You will hear the conversation twice.
Bus to Kendal
First bus leaves at: 6.45 am
Cost of single ticket: 16 £ ___________
Buy ticket from: 17 ___________
Address of bus station: 18 ___________ Street
next to: 19 ___________
At bus station, you can buy: 20 ___________ and newspapers
Answer & Audioscript
16 (£) 18.25 / eighteen (pounds) twenty-five
17 (the) (bus) driver 18 GATELY (Street)
19 (the) museum 20 (a/some) drink(s)
Audioscript
Man: Good morning. Bus Travel Centre.
Girl: Hello. I’m phoning about buses to Kendal. I’d like to travel there early. What time does the first bus leave?
Man: The first Kendal bus, that’s six forty-five a.m.
Girl: And how much is a ticket?
Man: It’s eighteen pounds twenty-five for a single, and a return is twenty-six pounds.
Girl: Will the ticket office be open so early in the morning?
Man: No, but when you get on the bus the driver will sell you a ticket. Please have the right money for him.
Girl: OK, fine. Can you tell me where the bus station is?
Man: Yes, it’s in Gately Street. That’s G A T E L Y.
Girl: I’m not sure where that is.
Man: It’s in the city centre. Do you know the museum? It’s next to that.
Girl: Oh yes, I know. And can I get something to eat at the station?
Man: I’m afraid there isn’t a café but there is a small shop. You can get newspapers and drinks there.
Girl: Oh, I’ll bring some sandwiches then. Thank you. Goodbye.
Listening Part 5
Questions 21-25
You will hear a telephone message about a trip to the theatre.
Listen and complete questions 21-25.
You will hear the information twice.
Telephone message
To: Jamie
From: Michael
Name of play: 21 The ___________ Party
Date: 22 ___________ August
The theatre is opposite: 23 the ___________
Meet Michael at: 24 ___________ pm
Mobile number: 25 ___________
Answer & Audioscript
21 (The) Dinner (Party)
22 29(th) / twenty(-)ninth
23 (the) library
24 6.45 / 18.45 / six forty(-)five / quarter to seven (pm)
25 0774 32316
Audioscript
Hi Jamie, this is Michael. Sorry you’re not in. Would you like to come to the theatre with me? There’s a play on called The Dinner Party. It’s about a group of friends who meet again after twenty-five years for a meal. People say it’s really good.
I know it’s your birthday on August the twenty-seventh. Well, the play is on the twenty-ninth. I’ll pay for your ticket as a birthday present if you like.
It’s in the New Theatre. It’s that big building in Church Street just across the road from the library. It hasn’t been open long and it’s very nice and modern inside.
The play starts at eight o’clock, so why don’t we meet in the coffee bar first? I’ll see you there at six forty-five and we can have a drink before it starts.
If you’d like to come, call me on my mobile. The number’s oh double seven four, three two three one six. Speak to you soon. Bye.
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